I really was in bad anxiety state the last days. At home I already have Diazepam und Lorazepam. When we started the Pregabalin I was shaking my head and telling my doctor, that I am not using Benzos.

Okay. I gave up. It's just too extreme. I dropped the stimulants over the day for 3 days but they don't make think worse, they improve things when the general anxiety is not so bad.

So Lorazepam doesn't work for me. I can take 3 mg and nothing happens.

Diazepam helps againgst the GAD a bit. I do take 10 mg but I have approval til 30 mg. It seems to help me better deal with my anxiety but when I'm in the bed the anxiety hallucinations come. I try to cope for 2 hours but I can sleep, iI am 100% alert and then I come to the point where I take diazepam. It seems much to weak for anxiety and Lorazepam has no effect for me.

I also have this atypical Panic. I am lost in a topic and can't get out of it. Everything needs to be figured out, researched, communicated. It's some kind of anxiety-worrying state, different from GAD. My cousin watched me in this state and she said, that this is clear panic, just asperger panic.

And there is my bipolar Problem. It can always come back, couse sleep problems and difficult emotional states with anxiety.

Also I have insomnia. Maybe 1-2 days per Month.

Can't take all sedating antidepressents and low potent antipsychotic because they all work with Histamine-H1-Receptor where I presented paradox and bizarr effects.

So Benzos are all I have.

To manage the Pregabalin effect phase I was thinking of Clonazepam. Many here seem to experience very good results.

Then I need some for panic and insomina. Lorazepam has really no effect on me. Tried 3 mg and nothing happened. Because my insomnia is often anxiety related, I was thinking of Xanax.

I looked through the whole market and there seems to be no option to solve my case with one substance.

I see my doctor on Monday. Will tell help that I gave up and tried the Benzos but Lorazepam is not working and Diazepam is somehow not the right thing.

What do you guys think?

My anxiety is really extreme. Can't drink, can't sleep because I am alwayws alert and Pregabalin needs time. I have anxiety problem since puberty but the antipsychotics masked them.

Now it is all in the open. I had so many sleepless days. Have 10 mg diazepam in my system but when I move to my sleeping room, the anxiety comes. Computer and medical stuff helps me because I have Asperger and this is a special interest of me.

I am also diagnosed with GAD and Panic disorder. I've been on Zoloft, Ativan, and am currently prescribed Klonipin. As a recovering addict, I don't like the idea of being on so many addictive drugs (I'm also on adderall XR). Recently, my Doc suggested clonidine to treat GAD, Panic Attacks, insomnia, and PTSD. It is often used in combination with stims to help high BP. Haven't made the switch yet but I'm looking forward to it.

Your atypical anxiety is unfamiliar to me... it sounds OCD'ish and I'd ordinary suggest Lexapro. But I suppose that would qualify as a "sedating andidepressant" and therefore a no-go.

Xanax (the regular instant release) is the best thing I can think of.

Good luck and welcome to ADDF

Thank you. My atypical Panic is related to my Asperger. This is new to me and it seems important, that I do not hang in a circle for hours and days, trying to solve a "stupid" problem because I have the panic.

I see my shrink on Monday. Will see what he thinks. Normally he goes along with my ideas, when they have good support.

Change Lorazepam with Alprazolam shouldn't be a problem and the diazepam-mess seems to be solved with clonazepam.

Just wondering- when you take benzos daily, do you still feel the "stoned feeling" you get at first, or does that go away?

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Reporting: Clonazepam worked for 2-3 days. Then no effect. Increasing the dosage didn't help. After stopping it one day and then restarting it worked for one day again. Then no more effect. Bad Luck. Already had these paradox effects on Lorazepam. Drives me crazy.

I am trying to get a hypnotic, something similar to Lunesta and Depakote to enchange my GABA. Hope this works. Hope my doctor approves it because on a Saturday, there are no office times, I didn't sleep, ER service is bad and because we are familiar to the pharmacy, I can get the stuff without a prescription at first but then have to deal with the consequences if my psychiatrist disagrees. I will try to reach him on his cell but maybe I have no luck and have to made this decision on my own. I hate this!

So you find that some make you more stoned than others? And some people have more of a "cognitive impairment" reaction?

Is it as variable as the side effects with other meds?

You know my situation, Abi, if you remember... My bf is looking into this but concerned about being "stoned" all the time.

He stopped taking Celexa because it was making him "slow" and forgetful. So he isn't going to take benzos if they make him "stupid", even if they do alleviate the anxiety- he has other options.

__________________"I know I talk too much, but I am really trying to overcome it, and although I say far too much, yet if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't, you'd give me some credit for it!"Anne of Green Gables, by L. M. Montgomery

"I find a duck's opinion of me is very much influenced by whether or not I have bread. Ducks love bread, but they can't buy any. That's the biggest joke on the duck ever."Mitch Hedberg